Combination vent arm and handle for storm sashes



May 16, 1950 E. E. SWA-RTSWELTER, JR 2,508,199

COMBINATION VENT ARM AND HANDLE FOR STORM SASHES Filed March 25, 1948 7frame.

Patented May 16, 1950 COMBINATION VENT ARM AND HANDLE FOR STORM SASHESErnest E. Swartswelter, Jr., Youngstown, Ohio, asslgnor to Ace StormWindow Company, Youngstown, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio ApplicationMarch 23, 1948, Serial No. 16,577

' 3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to storm sash in general and in particular tomeans for supporting one of a pair of double hung storm sash in partlyopen position for ventilating purposes.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a combinationvent arm and handle for storm sash.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for forminga simple inexpensive and attractive handle on a storm sash.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of acombination vent arm and handle for a storm sash operable to retain ascreen sash adjacent thereto.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of meansreadily aflixed to a storm sash for supporting the storm sash inelevated relation in a frame therefor by engaging the frame at a pointimmediately below the said sash.

The combination vent arm and handle shown and described herein comprisesan accessory for a storm window construction including a frame andhaving a pair of glazed sash positioned therein in double hung relationin that the combination vent arm and handle provides both means forlifting the sash and means by which the sash may be maintained inelevated relation to the said frame. Additionally, when the pair ofglazed sash are in elevated position in the upper portion of the stormwindow frame and a screen sash positioned beneath the same, thecombination vent arm and handle acts as a keeper in retaining the saidscreen sash in the With the foregoing and other objects in view whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be madewithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a storm window frame and sashshowing the combination vent arm and handle installed thereon.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a portion of a storm window frame and a pairof sash showing a modified form of the vent arm installed thereon.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the vent arm shown in Figure 3. t

Figure 5 is a front plan view of the vent arm shown in Figure 4.

By referring to the drawings and Figures 1 and 2 in particular it willbe seen that a portion of a storm window frame l0 has been illustratedand includes a vertical channel ll formed in an edge thereof forslidably receiving a glazed sash l2. The frame of the glazed sash I2 isindicated by the numeral l3 and has oppositely disposed channels formedin its edges. The outermost channel is indicated by the numeral l4 andthe ilhnermost channel is indicated by the numeral 5. is disposed in theinnermost channel l5 and retained therein by means known in the art. Acombination vent arm and handle [6 is disposed in the outermost channel[4 and pivotally secured to the frame [3 of the glazed sash [2, as

, best shown in Figure 2, by indenting oppositely disposed sections l1and I8 of the frame l3. The indented sections l1 and is register withdepressions l9 and 20 formed in one end of the combination vent arm andhandle IE, it being observed that the middle section of the combinationvent arm and handle is provided with grounded upper and lower edges 2|and that it is offset with respect to end portions 22 and 23.

By referring to Figure 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the ofisetportion of the combination vent arm and handle l6 lies on a planedifferent from that of the end portions 22 and 23 thereof as the sameare disposed within the channel [4 in the frame l3 when the handle is innormal position, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. 7

By referring to Figure 1 of the drawings it will be seen that the frameI3 is notched as at 24 and 25 to permit the combination vent arm andhandle to assume its normal horizontal position with respect thereto as,for example, when the handle is used in manually raising the glazed sashI2. When the glazed sash I2 is to be positioned in elevated relation inthe storm window frame II], the combination vent arm and handle ispivoted on the indentations I! and I8, as shown by the arrow in Figure1, and swung about until the end 23 thereof engages the vertical channelII in the edge of the storm window frame ID.

The over-all length of the combination vent arm and handle is such thatthe end 23 will engage the channel I l with the longitudinal axis of thecombination vent and handle lying at approximately 13 degrees fromhorizontal where The glazing material of the glazed sash l2 it willobviously wedge against the channel H and thereby hold the glazed sash12 in elevated relation. The holding action is obtained by the ratherflat angle from horizontal at which the combination vent arm and handleis disposed as it wedges into the channel I! and tends to shift theglazed sash 12 to the right, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

In order to release the sash so that it can be lowered, it is necessaryto first raise the same slightly and then swing :the combination ventarm and handle back into the position shown in solid lines in Figures 1and 2 of the drawings. It Will be obvious to those skilled in the artthat the same vent arm action can .be obtained for holding the sash inelevated position without the handle portion thereof by providingarelatively straight bar such as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5 andindicated by the numeral 26, the same being pivotally affixed to a sash27 which 'is slidably disposed in a storm window frame 28. The pivotalengagement betweenthe vent arm 26 and the sash 2'! is indicated by thenumeral 29 and a notch 39 is providedin the sash 2'i so that aprojection 3| on the vent arm 26 may bemanually engaged so as to movethe same. 7

'In l igure 3 of the drawings a screen-sash '32 -is illustrated inposition immediately beneath the sash 27 and it will be'observed th'atthe vent arm 26 is positioned at a flat angle "from horizontal so thatthe 'free'endthereofen'gages a channel formed in the 'upper edge ofthe'screen sash 32. This acts as a lock'injretai ning the screen sash inposition beneath theis'ash '21 and in preventing it from falling out ofthe frame 28- or being removed therefrom. At' 'such time-as the screensash is not imposition, the vent arm "'may be swung about in themanner'shown in "Figure 1 of the drawings and used to hold the sash 27in elevated relation in the frame 28. In

orderthat the vent arm 2% may be retained in the channel in the sash 27'in which it is disposed, a portion thereof is offset as indicatedby thenumeral 33 so that frictional engagement is had between the remainder ofthe device and the sash 21.

It willthus be seen that a simple combination vent arm and handle hasbeen disclosed which may be inexpensively formed andassembled in forlocking a screen sash in position in a storm 5 window frame.

It will thus be seen that the several objects of ,said .channe-lwith theoffset portion lying outside said sash and forming a handle therefor,said arm being pivoted at one end to the said sash and the free end ofthe said arm being engageable with the said frame to hold the said sashin elevated relation with respect thereto.

.2, In a storm window frame and sash; a support arm for the said sash,said support arm having an ofiset portion forming a handle for saidsash, said sash having a channel formed in the bottom edge thereof, oneend of the said support arm disposed in said channel and pivotallyaffixed to the saidsash, the free end of the said support arm beingengageable' with. the said frame hold the said sash in elevated relationthereto, and notches formed in the. said sash for registry with the saidsupport arm so that the free .end

said handle.

3. In a storm sash having a frame including an inverted channel, acombination handle and support arm for said sash, the said handle andsupport arm comprising a member having ofiset end sections, one of theend sections being pivotally afiixed in the said inverted channel in theframe of the sash and the free end section of the member positioned forregistry with the said channel in the frame, the: intermediate sectionof said member being positioned in spaced relation to said frameand.forminga handle movable in an are based on the said pivotal connectionbetween the said member and the said frame so as to form a support forsaid sash.

ERNEST E. SWARTSWELTER, JR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,316,379 Monroe Sept. 16, 19191,601,049 Thorne Sept. 28, 1926 2,107,774 Axe Feb. 8, 1938 2,335,421Kent Nov. 30, 1943

